Kermit Wahl
1944–1951 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
231G
.226AVG
.302OBP
.294SLG
More career statistics
145H
3HR
50RBI
3SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 72 | 71 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 727 | 728 |
| Batting · Walks | 68 | 69 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231 | 727 | 642 | 58 | 145 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 68 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 189 | .226 | .302 | .294 | .596 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1950-08-03 to 1950-08-17
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1945-08-21 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | 1947-06-26 | 1 in 65 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 5 | 6 total bases | 1950-07-16 | 1 in 43 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 114 | 346 | 60 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 39 | .194 | .257 | .243 |
| Away | 117 | 382 | 85 | 1 | 31 | 40 | 32 | .255 | .327 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 103 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 9 | .176 | .282 | .212 |
| May | 25 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .148 | .179 | .148 |
| June | 22 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .194 | .275 | .278 |
| July | 50 | 170 | 37 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 16 | .239 | .271 | .329 |
| August | 62 | 219 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 22 | .260 | .342 | .344 |
| September | 45 | 140 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 9 | .233 | .307 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 21 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | .189 | .271 | .264 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 19 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .083 | .123 | .100 |
| boston-red-sox | 19 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .298 | .353 | .421 |
| new-york-yankees | 19 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | .250 | .355 | .327 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 18 | 73 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | .309 | .342 | .368 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 16 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | .196 | .293 | .216 |
| chicago-white-sox | 16 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | .182 | .308 | .318 |
| chicago-cubs | 15 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .214 | .250 | .214 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cincinnati Reds | 71 | 194 | 39 | – | 10 | 2 | .201 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cincinnati Reds | 39 | 81 | 14 | 1 | 4 | – | .173 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 89 | 280 | 72 | 2 | 27 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns | 28 | 86 | 20 | – | 9 | – | .233 | – | – |